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Captivity effects on wide-ranging carnivores
PaperClubb and Mason analysed comparative data across 35 carnivore species to ask why some thrive in zoos while others pace and breed poorly. They found that wide-ranging species with large natural home ra…
Clubb R, Mason G · Nature · 2003
Comparative endocrinology of domestic and nondomestic felids
PaperThis review compiled what was known about reproductive hormone patterns across the cat family, drawing heavily on noninvasive fecal and urinary steroid monitoring developed for zoo animals. The author…
Brown JL · Theriogenology · 2006
Interspecific killing among mammalian carnivores
ReviewPalomares and Caro compiled and analyzed the global record of carnivores killing other carnivores, establishing intraguild predation as a widespread structuring force. They showed that interspecific k…
Palomares, F. & Caro, T.M. · The American Naturalist · 1999
Research overview: cooperative care and voluntary blood draws in captive big cats
OverviewCooperative care trains animals through positive reinforcement to participate voluntarily in medical procedures, replacing the stress and risk of immobilisation. This overview surveys how big cats are…
Research overview: geriatric care of captive big cats
OverviewCaptive big cats now routinely reach advanced ages, and zoos have developed geriatric care programs addressing arthritis, dental disease, kidney and heart disease, cancer, and quality-of-life assessme…
Research overview: inbreeding depression in small captive felid populations
OverviewSmall, closed captive populations risk losing genetic diversity, raising the chance that deleterious recessive alleles pair up and reduce health, fertility and survival, a phenomenon known as inbreedi…
Research overview: intraguild predation and dominance among big cats
OverviewBig cats not only compete for prey but kill one another, and intraguild predation shapes the structure of carnivore communities. This overview synthesizes research on how dominant cats such as lions a…
Research overview: niche partitioning among sympatric big cats
OverviewWhere several large cats share a landscape, they coexist by partitioning resources along axes of prey size, habitat, and activity. This overview synthesizes research across continents showing how tige…
Research overview: social housing and group management of captive big cats
OverviewFelid sociality varies from the solitary tiger and most small cats to the group-living lion, and captive social management must respect these differences. This overview surveys research on housing cat…
Research overview: validating faecal cortisol metabolite assays in captive felids
OverviewFaecal glucocorticoid metabolite monitoring is the workhorse of felid stress research because it avoids the confound of capture and restraint, but it requires species-specific validation to be meaning…
Research overview: white lions, king cheetahs and the welfare ethics of selecting colour morphs
OverviewBeyond white tigers, other captive felid colour variants, white lions and the patterned king cheetah, raise similar questions about breeding for appearance. This overview surveys the genetics of these…